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Va. zoo superintendent retiring after 33 years
By the Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. – The superintendent at the Virginia Zoo is retiring after 33 years. Gary Ochsenbein’s (pronounced Ocean-bine) last day is Thursday. Ochsenbein helped found the zoo society and began the process and fu...
Your morning adorable: Amur leopard cub debuts in German zoo
– Lindsay Barnett – LA Times The recent birth of an Amur leopard cub at the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany, is all the reason we need to celebrate on a Monday morning. Amur leopards are critically endangered; it’s believed ...
Three tiger cubs born at Ragunan zoo
The Jakarta Post A Sumatran tiger gave birth to three cubs at Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta, on Thursday, the head of the zoo, Enny Pudjiwati, said Wednesday. “The delivery was successful and all the three cubs are now in stable condition,” ...
Three Sumatran tiger cubs born at Ragunan zoo
Jakarta A Sumatran tiger gave birth to three cubs at Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta , on Thursday, zoo chief Enny Pudjiwati says. “The delivery was successful and all three cubs are now in a healthy condition,” Enny told reporters on Wednesday. Howev...
West Africa’s last giraffes make surprise comeback
Koure, Niger — A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. The tallest animals on earth are here, the guide says, somewhere amid the scant ...
Your morning adorable: San Diego Zoo’s giant panda cub is growing up (and will soon have a name)
The San Diego Zoo reports that its male giant panda cub, born in early August, is "definitely hitting all the panda milestones," making gains in weight (more than a pound in just the last week, for a current total of 11.7 pounds) and lengt...
Orphaned baby sloths get an assist from Costa Rica sanctuary
– Lindsay Barnett – LA Times Talk about specialized — the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica rescues and rehabilitates sloths, sloths and only sloths. Back in 1992 neighbors of the sanctuary’s bird-enthusiast founders brou...
Prague zoo breeds rare Comodo dragons
Seven young Comodo dragons, an endangered species extremely difficult to breed, hatched in the Prague zoo recently after 208 days of developing in the eggs, zoo spokesman Vit Kahle has told CTK. This is for the second time that the Prague couple of C...
Chinese pandas tokens of friendship: Australian zoo officer
by Xinhua writer Jiang Yaping ADELAIDE, Australia, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — The arrival of pandas in Australia this December would be a significant historic event marking the strong friendship between China and Australia, said Chris West, CEO of Adel...
Rare tiger roars into action
Kabus, the first Sumatran tiger to reside in Belfast, met his public for the first time today. The young male tiger, from Chessington Zoo, is 19 months old and since the initiation of the global tiger studbook in 1967, is the first tiger to live in B...
US proposes stricter limits on international trade for polar bears, marine species
By: DINA CAPPIELLO Associated Press WASHINGTON — With global warming shrinking Arctic sea ice that polar bears depend upon for survival, the United States is seeking to remove another major threat: international trade in the bears’ fur and ot...
US seeks tougher protections for polar bear
By DINA CAPPIELLO WASHINGTON — With global warming shrinking Arctic sea ice that polar bears depend upon for survival, the United States is seeking to remove another major threat: international trade in the bears’ fur and other parts. In a pr...
